Hebrew verb · H7673
שָׁבַת
shabathshaw-bath'
to cease; to keep
71 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shâbath
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7673is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 19 of 39Old Testament books
- 57spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7673
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
The King James renders it: (cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shabath is rendered "to cease; to keep". It stands 71 times in the Hebrew text, across nineteen books.
- Thirteen of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to cease".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 2:2And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
- The Greek text spells it fifty-seven different ways.
The first use
And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
Genesis 2:2וַיִּשְׁבֹּת֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in nineteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to cease, and to keep.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to ceaseStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 2:2And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing… |
| to keepStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and I will put an end to7
- and I will cause to cease6
- and it will cease4
- it has ceased4
- you will rest3
- and he removed2
- he has ceased2
- he rested2
- I have made to cease2
- it will cease2
- they will cease2
- about to cause to cease1
and 34 more, 71 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁבַע | shaba | to swear | Uses186 |
| שָׁבַר | shabar | to break | Uses147 |
| שָׁבָה | shabah | to take captive | Uses47 |
| שָׁבַר | shabar | to buy grain | Uses21 |
| שָׁבוּעַ | shabua | Weeks | Uses20 |
| שָׁבַח | shabach | to soothe | Uses11 |
| שָׁבַץ | shabats | to weave | Uses2 |
| שָׁבִיל | shabil | path | Uses2 |
| שָׁבָב | shabab | fragment | Uses1 |
| שָׁבָץ | shabats | agony | Uses1 |
| שָׁבִיב | shabib | flame | Uses1 |
| שָׁבִיס | shabis | headband | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 71, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
57 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי֙4
- וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֥י3
- שָׁבַת֙3
- שָׁבַ֖ת3
- תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת3
- הִשְׁבַּ֥תָּ2
- הִשְׁבַּֽתִּי׃2
- וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֤י2
- אַשְׁבִּ֥יתָה1
- הִשְׁבִּ֥ית1
- הַשְׁבִּ֥יתוּ1
- הִשְׁבַּ֔תִּי1
and 45 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vhq1cs13Hc/Vhq1cs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular7HVqp3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular4HVhp1cs
- Hc/Vhq3ms3Hc/Vhq3ms
- Hc/VNq3ms3Hc/VNq3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular3HVqi2ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular3HVqi3fs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular3HVqp3fs
- Hc/Vhw3ms2Hc/Vhw3ms
- Hc/Vqw3mp2Hc/Vqw3mp
- Hc/Vqw3ms2Hc/Vqw3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVhi3ms
Genesis
three uses
And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
- וַיִּשְׁבֹּת֙vaiyishbotHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he rested
Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
- שָׁבַת֙shavatverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he rested
As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
- יִשְׁבֹּֽתוּ׃yishbotuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will cease
Exodus
seven uses
Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor.”
- וְהִשְׁבַּתֶּ֥םvehishbatemHc/Vhq2mptagged: and you have caused to cease
For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
- תַּשְׁבִּ֥יתוּtashbituverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will remove
So the people rested on the seventh day.
- וַיִּשְׁבְּת֥וּvaiyishbetuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they rested
For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
- תִּשְׁבֹּ֑תtishbotverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will rest
It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”
- שָׁבַ֖תshavatverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he rested
Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.
- תִּשְׁבֹּ֑תtishbotverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will rest
- תִּשְׁבֹּֽת׃tishbotverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will rest
Leviticus
seven uses
And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings.
- תַשְׁבִּ֗יתtashbitverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must cause to cease
It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to keep your Sabbath.”
- תִּשְׁבְּת֖וּtishbetuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will cease
“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.
- וְשָׁבְתָ֣הveshavtahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will cease
And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
- וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֞יvehishbatiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will cause to cease
Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.
- תִּשְׁבַּ֣תtishbatverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will cease
As long as it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not receive during the Sabbaths when you lived in it.
- תִּשְׁבֹּ֑תtishbotverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will cease
- שָׁבְתָ֛הshavtahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it ceased
Deuteronomy
one use
I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,
- אַשְׁבִּ֥יתָהʾashbitahverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will make cease
Joshua
two uses
And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.
- וַיִּשְׁבֹּ֨תvaiyishbotHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it ceased
For the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no share in the LORD!’ So your descendants could cause ours to stop fearing the LORD.
- וְהִשְׁבִּ֤יתוּvehishbituHc/Vhq3cptagged: and they will cause to cease
Ruth
one use
Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.
- הִשְׁבִּ֥יתhishbitverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has caused to cease
2 Kings
two uses
Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.
- וְהִשְׁבִּ֣יתvehishbitHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he removed
And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.
- וַיַּשְׁבֵּ֣תvaiyashbetHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he removed
2 Chronicles
two uses
When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and abandoned his work.
- וַיַּשְׁבֵּ֖תvaiyashbetHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he caused to cease
So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.
- שָׁבָ֔תָהshavatahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it rested
Nehemiah
two uses
And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”
- וְהִשְׁבַּ֖תְנוּvehishbatnuHc/Vhq1cptagged: and we will put an end to
So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”
- תִשְׁבַּ֤תtishbatverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: will it cease
Job
one use
So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
- וַֽיִּשְׁבְּת֡וּvaiyishbetuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they ceased
Psalms
four uses
From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.
- לְהַשְׁבִּ֥יתlehashbitpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to put an end to
He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
- מַשְׁבִּ֥יתmashbitverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: making cease
You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
- הִשְׁבַּ֥תָּhishbataverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have made cease
All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
- הִשְׁבַּ֥תָּhishbataverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you cause to cease
Proverbs
two uses
Casting the lot ends quarrels and separates strong opponents.
- יַשְׁבִּ֣יתyashbitverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it puts an end to
Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
- וְ֝יִשְׁבֹּ֗תveyishbotHC/Vqu3mstagged: so it may cease
Isaiah
ten uses
I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
- וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי֙vehishbatiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will put an end to
you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
- שָׁבַ֣תshavatverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has ceased
- שָׁבְתָ֖הshavetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has ceased
Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.
- הִשְׁבַּֽתִּי׃hishbativerb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have made to cease
The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
- וְנִשְׁבַּ֤תvenishbatHc/VNq3mstagged: and it will cease
A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
- הִשְׁבַּֽתִּי׃hishbativerb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will cause to cease
The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
- שָׁבַת֙shavatverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has ceased
- שָׁבַ֖תshavatverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has ceased
Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”
- הַשְׁבִּ֥יתוּhashbituverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: cause to cease
The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
- שָׁבַ֖תshavatverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has ceased
Jeremiah
six uses
I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”
- וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֣י׀vehishbatiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will cause to cease
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.
- מַשְׁבִּ֜יתmashbitverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: about to cause to cease
“Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.”
- יִשְׁבְּת֗וּyishbetuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will cease
You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’
- וְהִשְׁבִּ֥יתvehishbitHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will cause to cease
Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy.
- הִשְׁבַּ֔תִּיhishbativerb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have made to cease
In Moab, declares the LORD, I will bring an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods.
- וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֥יvehishbatiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will put an end to
Lamentations
two uses
The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
- שָׁבָ֔תוּshavatuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have ceased
Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
- שָׁבַת֙shavatverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has ceased
Ezekiel
thirteen uses
Wherever you live, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and desecrated, your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works blotted out.
- וְנִשְׁבְּתוּ֙venishbetuHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will cease
So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.
- וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי֙vehishbatiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will put an end to
Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.
- הִשְׁבַּ֙תִּי֙hishbativerb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will make to cease
Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will never again pay your lovers.
- וְהִשְׁבַּתִּיךְ֙vehishbatikhHc/Vhq1cs/Sp2fstagged: and I will cause to cease you
So I will put an end to your indecency and prostitution, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not lift your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.’
- וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֤יvehishbatiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will cause to cease
So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your behavior.
- וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֥יvehishbatiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will cause to cease
So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
- וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֖יvehishbatiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will put an end to
This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
- וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי֙vehishbatiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will put an end to
This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.
- וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֤יvehishbatiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will cause to cease
The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt and her proud strength comes to an end. A cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
- וְנִשְׁבַּת־venishbat-Hc/VNq3mstagged: and it will cease
I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.
- וְנִשְׁבַּ֖תvenishbatHc/VNq3mstagged: and it will cease
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’
- וְהִשְׁבַּתִּים֙vehishbatimHc/Vhq1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I will cause to cease them
I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
- וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֥יvehishbatiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will cause to cease
Daniel
two uses
And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”
- יַשְׁבִּ֣ית׀yashbitverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will cause to cease
Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him.
- וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יתvehishbitHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will put an end to
Hosea
three uses
Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.
- וְהִ֨שְׁבַּתִּ֔יvehishbatiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will put an end to
I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—all her appointed feasts.
- וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי֙vehishbatiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will put an end to
They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough.
- יִשְׁבּ֣וֹתyishbotverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he ceases
Amos
one use
Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
- וְלַשְׁבִּ֖יתvelashbitconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to put an end to
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